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Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17
THE KAILk,,AD WORLD
A Serious accident at San
BernardinO.
FRESH RAILROAD SCHEMES.
The G. and o. Opened To-Day
and Ready For Traffic NOre
Work in the San Joaquin.

Night before last, as a special east.
bound frei hit train was pulling up the
grade to Irvington, four miles north
of San Bernardino, it was struck by
seven "wild" cars and the engineer,
Edward Thompson and fireman, ii.
Herick, were instantly killed. The
accident occurred as follows:
The conductor of special west
bound freight train had orders to side
track some empty cars at lrvlngton.
He arrived at that place AT or near
p. NJ, and Immediately began to "cut"
the cars into the siding.
Irvington sits upon the top OF a
heavy grade, the sluping side OF which
Is toward the South, and at this end
of the siding there is split-switch,"
or one that will permit "a train to pass
off the siding GU to the main track
without making any change. When
the conductor Of the west-bounu
special began placing the empties
upon the SHE track, he did not know
tina there were several cars already
upon it, and the result was, that the
en- pties he showed ON the siding
struck those already there, with.
force to give them u start down tie
grade to ward the South.
With every foot Of Roadway they
gained greater speed, and dashed
throuyh the Switch way" and up the
main track before anything could be
done to stop them. There were seven
cars, the first one being a box-car
loaded " 18th iron pipe
The east-bounu special was COM
posed of freight cars, loaded, and
empty passenger coaches destined for
Kansas City. Engineer Thompson
had put on high pressure to make
the grade easily. 1t being dark neither
he nor his fireman could see the wilt
cars which we're approaching so rap
idly, until it was too late, and the
crash came, demolishing the engine
and killing the engineer in
stantly. A HERALD reporter talked
with man who Z, It in from San Ber-
nardino yesterday morning With an
account Of the accident. He says that
the head OF Engineer Thompson was
completely severed from his body and
AObL hmluSL tllc NItCk, anu Iuat tiiS
flames from the fire under the locomo-
tive we're communicated to the pas
senger coaches, and several of them
consumed before aid arrived. No de-
tails OF the accident had been received
at the company's headquarters in this
city yesterday afternoon, as the COM
pany's wires had not been fully re-
paired from the damage inflicted by
the late storm.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17
A Slight accident.

A slight accident occurred to freight
train No. "a, OF the Southern Pacific
Company, just before it arrived at
Tropico yesterday forenoon, which
caused some delay to the outgoing
passenger train, No. Is, and No. "a
WAS just ahead OF M. Is, pulling hard
for Tropico, when The eXrentric bolt
of the engine broke, and the train
had to return to the yards in this city.
There teing no siding between here
and rropico, No Is had to return
also, to allow No. "a to get out OF its
WdV.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17
The Line Opened.

The following circular WAS received
ct the Southern Pacific Company's
offices in this city to-day:
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY,
OFFICE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT,
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. II, 1887.
CIRCULAR.
On Saturday, December Is, 1887,
the shasta Division will be opened for
traffic from Siskiyou to Ashland, at
which point through connection will
be made Tor Portland, Or, and all
points in the Willamette valley and
on Puget Sound, via the Oregon and
California Railroad. Stations, dis
tances and agencies below siskiyou
and Ashland will be as follows: Slski-
YOU. 7.3 miles; agent. SteInan, 8
lies; 10 agent. Clauson, AZ miles ;
no agent. Ashland, agent.
THIS afternoon the last spike will be
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17
REAL ESTATE.

5o-Lot Childs tract, Myrtle ave =. $25o0
avenue 24OO
52--Lot Montague tract BROOKLYN st 1900
53-Lot Dimmick tract. Goodman st 1850
Slot Adams street, fronts both
Thompson and Toberman SITS, 20
# alley in rear, size 180xlaS. .. $4,000
55--Lot Pearl st. clean side, between
Eleventh and Twelfth, per foot $50
56-Lot Main st, clean side, near
Adams, per foot -. 49,. e. 90
Slot Seventh st, near Los Ange-
les, per foot =. -. $50
59--LOt COlladO st. top of knoll -, 1900
59-Lot Ca roll ave, Angeleno Hts. 25On
60-LOt Calumet ave, AngelehO Hts BOO
61-Residence 10 rooms, Olive st,
clean side, near Twelfth st, terms
6e-Kesidence 9 rooms. Carroll ave,
Ang"leho Heights, bargain 10000
G3-House 6 rooms, lot 52x160,
Ninth st, near Pearl, bargain 5000
64-l.Ot Sanborn tract, size ll2x15O,
Ruby ave, q choice lot. ............ 17OO
T5--I.ot Second st, near Santa Fe
Depot, per foot ................... 100
66-tot corner Seventh and Vernon
ave, fronting 100 # on Seventh,
255 It on Vernon ave, and 40 IT
eliot corner Grand ave and JEFF
ferson st, fronting Grand ave $50
It, Jefferson st $50 #, Anita st $50
$50 acres on Central ave, near
Jefferson ST. fine well and tank, all
kinds of fine fruits, house, barn,
seNl7 acres Central ave and ye.rer. A'''o
son st, highly improved, fine
house, dirt cheap. per acre =. 49,. 1900
We make speciality of Angeleno Heights
property and have large list now on our
e2 %Es Ke%e Ne5 M the place P0Ep
corner First and Main streets. P. o. box
1921. Telephone IL. d'2m
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17

An exchange contains the following :
SIT is highly probable" said promi-
nent railruat man yesterday, eth At
the corporation behind the Fresno
railroad scheme is the Wilbur-Paige
syndicate, now engaged in building a
railroad in the San Joaquin valley.
Some thirty miles Of this line have
been graded, and it ID now being
headed toward Fresno. President
Wilbur, who has just returned from
the headquarters OF the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe in the East, has,
It is evident, taken advantage of the
feeling in the San Joaquin valley
against the Southern Pacific and has
induced q number # the most promi-
nent capitalists there to back him mp.
Ii the Atchison can indu Q the people
of Fresno to subsilize their line, or to
grade that p ,rti) IN of it between Syca-
more and Bakersfield, it will be 70
much money saved 10 that compa' y
and the competing line will be her.
all the sooner.
sit is well known also that the
greater portion OF the Wllour-Paise-
Paulsell's landed interests are in Fres-
no County, Mr.. Paige, in particular,
owning several large tracts there.
"The new road would supply all
the competition that the people in the
valley require, and the Atchison COM
pany is the only line now in a posi-
ton to make euch a proposition a.
that made to the people of Fresno"
The grading for this road starts 1T
Dutch Corners, on Miller Il Lux's
ranch; thence runs south, paralleliug
the Southern Pacifc's line. 1t has
previously obtained right-ol-way
through the entire San Joaquin VAL
ley, but if its survey is to be modified
20 as to include Visalia, a new survey
will have to be made, the lines run
ming between the main lines of the
Southern Pacific and the survey for
tho Stockton and Tulare. In the Te-
Jon PAS but little grading has been
done, the work there being entire
ly of a preliminary nature.
Some forty men are on the
ground Telling trees, clearing away
brush and rock and making good
wagon roads for the expedition Of
business when the graders are put to
work. The roadway is also being
cleared of distractions 30 that plows
and ecrapers may be set going when a
force il sent into the canon.
The line runs from Rogers, point
on the Atlantic and Pacific, in s"uth.
westerly direction toward German
Station. Within few miles Of this
point it turns north, passing near Cas.
tao Lake, thence down Canada de las
Ulvas, running within sixty feet OF
the old fort. Five or six miles below
the fort it bears eastward toward the
principal residence on the rancho
where depot is to be located.
From here to Bakersfield the route
ID . very direct one, the grade all
through the pass being comparatively
an easy one.
The only heavy work occurs at the
head OF the De las Ulvas canon, where
tunnel will have to be built The
pass is stated bv competent engineers
to be much superior to the rehachepi
the San Joaquin surveyors having
discovered different route to any
previously explored.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17

Fifty Thousand dollars spent in perfecting
the water syst ,m of the Porter Land and
Water Co. at San Fernando, aud an inspec-
ton will show that no system in the valley
can compete with it. The company can
give any amount desired. Go see for your
self. Office at San Fernando, or First and
Spring, Los Angeles
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17

San Fernando defes competition in the
citrus fruit lands She defies anybody to
dnd scale bug in the valley or finer eli
mate anywhere. 1t would pay to go and see
the old Mission, even II one does not want
land. Recollect, water In quantities desired
by purchaser guaranteed and shown to be
already flowing.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17

Water 10 king in California. strangers
should beware of deception about this In
dispensable article. Citrus fruits can't be
raised without it. Many sellers promise
water but few can show 1t and guarantee it.
Fhe Porter Land aud Water Co., First and
Spring streets. invite inspection of their
lands and water at San Fernando.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17
sapta barbara to EIwood.

santa Barbara 10 EiWooo'
Next Wednesday, the 2lst inst, the
Ventura division of the Southern Pa
cihc will be ready for traffic from
Santa Barbara to Elwood, on the
C ,oper ranch. This is the line which
/. being built up north towards the
Gavioia Pass, aud which will eventu-
ally form the coast line to Los Ange-
lie The traffic is hardly great
Q rough to pay the expenses OF run-
NM !. train daily, and consequently 1t
his been de. ided to operate the line
by means of mixed train running
twice every week from Santa Barbara
to Elwood, on Wednesdays and Satur-
laws, on arrival of train from Los An
-eies, returning to Santa Barbara OH
the same day. The stations are a.
lows: Victoria, Hopevale, Goiita, q
Patura anu Elwood.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17

driven by Colonel Charles F. Croker
vt 3 O'clock, and the connectn & link
between San Frame o aud Poi tland,
Or, will have been made.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17

Mr.. A. HIGGINS, of Wyoming, N. Y,
says he had the piles for nearly 40 years,
and was cured by using Gilmore's Pile
Srerifc.-C. F. Heinzeman, agent, Los An
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17

Damiana Bitters makes the old young and
the weak strong and healthy. M. Levy d
Co., Wholesale liquor dealers agents.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17

You can be comfortable at the Long
Beach Hotel One hour from Los Angeles.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17

positive cure for dyspepsia-Damians
Bitters. Michel Levy & Co., wholesale
uQuor dealers. agents.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17

WE WARRANT Gilmore Magnetic FELIX
TO relieve the Asthma in one minute. @.
Heinzeman, agent, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17
Guitur a,eNsOans.
Hay and Grain Lands

NJ. 8, Arevalo, teacher of vocal and instru
mental music, has removed his office to "a
West First street, Wilson Block, room 10.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17

You will never have sour stomach II you
nse Damiana Btters.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17

To lease on shares for coming crop. Apply
10 f. G. GARBUrr, Al North Spring street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17
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..xAND "Pnw,TIc CO>CERT'

ITALO CAMPANINI, Sole Prop'r.
Tuesday Ss a EoSssss and wsd Dec Sl sy0s
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-17

First appearance in this city Of the great
Tenor. sIGNUR lTALO CAMPANINl,
with THE STRONGEST CONCERT OR.
GANIZATlON that ever visited The racine
Coast, comprising the following matchless
,rray of World Renowned Artists
NINE. ELvlkA kEtE TO Soprano: NINE
5uFI, SUALCHI, Conlralto; MnE. ME-
rAIRA TOkRICELlI, VIulinist; sIi
FRANCISCO bALDINl, Tenor; SIG. AN
rONiOHALLAssI, Btritone; SIG. ROMANO
NtNNETl Basso. ZIG IA .bASSARE COS
SIM Buff. and sIGN0R iTALO CAM
AMIN ZIG. Afford GORE, Musical
Director.
The sale of Season Tickets for beth con-
certs will open saturday al 10 A at Bart
lttt's Music store. Is West Firs' street. Inc
safe OF tick. is Tor sintl,. nights GU aud after
NOuda,, Decemb' 18Th.
PRICES -.f3 and So, NJ. ording to location
I6fd
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-28

A bill which the iftieth Congress is to
be asked to consider and pass will be
one in which the soldier element will
have peculiar interest. lis main teat-
ures have already been agreed upon by
body of Tennesscans having it in
charge. In brief it will provide for tho
purchase by Congress of the battle fields
Of Lookout Mountain. Moccasin Bend,
Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, all
Of which are comparatively near togeth-
or, for the purpose of establishing ma
tional park. So far as possible the out
lines of the battlcfclds will be preserved
and, provided suitable appropriations
are made, monuments will be erected to
the memory of the fallen on both sides
and statues of the leading generals
placed in position. In support Of the
measure it will be urged that the Yell
lowstone, the only national park owned
by the government, is practically mac
cessible to the masses of the people and
that the proposed reservation would be
within easy reach. 1t would also, the
memorial says, "surpass the Yellow
stone in beauty, if not in grandeur, and
would serve as perpetual and appro-
pirate memento of the great conflict of
the Rebellion, appreciated by the north.
ern and southern people alike, truly ma
tional in character.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-28
The Color of The Eyes.

Hazcl-eycd people are rarely shallow,
and you must be prepared for surprises
when you have to deal with them.
Blue eyes take caro- of their friends,
brown Of their enemies, gray OF their
countries, black of their pleasures, and
green of themselves.
The violet eye is woman's eye, OF
which the main characteristics are affec-
ton and purity, chivalric belief, aud
limited or deficient intellectually.
Speaking popularly, it may be said
that eyes ar, brown, blue, gray, hazel,
green, or of no color at all. The last
three varieties, however, are based or
misnomcr.
The light blue eye is the eye of the
northern raccs-of the Swedes and the
Danes, of the Scotch sometimes also.
1t suggests corstancy and truth, stead
fastncss simplicity, courage, purpose
1t is mans eye, with its moderation
and scf-respcct-honcst in the glance j
gives you, if at the same time cold ant
phlcgmatic.
B Bue-gray eyes, radatcd from within
with brown and bronze streaks, ar
chiefly found among the mixed races
and especially The English and tn
Americans. They always suggest
COOL deal OF strength of character, gen
orally sense Of mischief and thickness
and sometimes that humorous cruelt,
which belongs to the Anglo Saxon race
The blue is certainly the type witt
tine greatest number of varieties. 1t is
color that illustrates e-cminentl
the feminine qualities-tcndcrness, af
fection, a yielding to the wishes o
others, sympathy with small sufferings
that measure Of vanity without which n
woman can be entirely attractive, an(
that self-surrcndcr which goes far t
persuade man that he is demi-3o,
because his wife believes it and tells hir
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-28

There is no doubt of tho value of
cocaine, when appropriately and
guardedly used by physicians and sur
geons. DR.. Hammond, of New York,
lately read paper on the subject before
the New York Neurological Society, IN
which he expressed doubts rs to the
existence of q cocaine habit which
could not be readily controlled by the
will. In the discussion which followed
the reading of the paper, DR.. Mattison
said he had within few months seven
cases of the habit under his care, five of
whom were physicians. A physician, in
attempting to write a prescription, wrote
for a sheriff to come and take the patient
to Jail. He had also himself noticed
hallucinations and delusions. He
thought the continued use of the drug
more injurious than that of morphine.
His patients had gradually acquired their
habits. The president of the society
referred to thirteen cases reported by 8
German physician. In Pittsburgh, {
prominent physician. who had formed
the habit, became violent, and, undei
the delusion that he was being attacked
By burglars. began firing right and left
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-28
Vampire Bats.

These South American pests have been
characterized as merely the myth of
imaginative Travellers" but many peo-
pie have borne witness to their blood
sucking propensities. They settle beside
their victims by night, and if sleeper
has left even the tip of his nose uncov-
cred, he must expect to lose consider
able quantity Of blood before morning.
Children arc especially liable to be at
tackled, as they are apt to remove the
covering from their hands and feet by
their restless movements at night. Some
times small children become so debilita.
ted by loss of blood that they become
sick, or even die.
A traveller in Ecuador not only was
obliged to cover himself by mosquito
netting at night, as protection against
these creatures, but also placed his dog
under an inverted earthern pot to sleep.
The fowls were put into closed box for
the night, and evidently had such an ac-
curate idea of the danger they were in
when unprotected, that they willingly
entered their place of shelter, and al
lowed the cover to be closed upon them.
1t is curious fact that the bats bite
is hardly felt, even when the person at
tackled is awake. A resident of South
America says that he was once talking
with man who remarked that he could
not understand how some people were
always getting unaccountably bitten by
bats. At the very moment when he
made the statement, bat was sucking
one of his toes, unperceived by him in
the dusk. AS he moved, the creature
futtcred away, and the toe was found
to be bleeding.
The vampire is said to settle beside
his victim, futtcring his wings gently
while sucking the blood. This action
fans the wound so itis not felt. Whether
this supposition be accurate or not, it is
certain that the bat does not alight upon
his prey, but besi lie it on the pillow or
ground, since those who sleep on the
side are bitten upon the nose, and those
who lie upon the back are wounded in
the ears.-[Youth's Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-28
PRICE THREE CENTS.
What Sayages Will Not Eat.

Among some of tho Pacific islanders
hens eggs are saved to sell to ships, but
are never eaten by the natives. Straw
berries and raspberries are found, but
they are never eaten.
The Esquimaux generally dislike all
the preparations of vegetables that the
explorers bring among them. They think
it perverted appetite that Graves
anything but meat.
The natives of New Guinea cook few
cereals in their own fashion, but they
made very wry faces when they attempt
ed to eat some fresh-bakcd biscuits that
the missionaries gave them. They final
ly wrapped their biscuits up in paper,
intending to keep them as curiositics.
On some of the islands of the Malay
archipelago there arc hundreds of natives
whose only industry is to collect the
edible birds nests that are esteemed a
great dainty by the Chinese. They
wouldn't dream of eating them them
selves, and they think the Chinese must
be very peculiar people to use that sort
of food.
There are anumbcr Of tribes in Africa
whose chief riches arc their herds of cat
tie, but who never drank drop of cows
milk in their lives. They think the milk
of their herds is fer calves and not for
human beings, and they are disguised at
the idea that anybody should consider it
IA proper article of food A few tribes
near the great lakes think that it is a
spectacle worth seeing to look at the
missionaries milking cows and drinking
the milk.
The Esquimaux near Littleton island
once discovered supply of bread and
salt pork that DR.. Kane had cached, and
tncy proceeded to enjoy feast at the
white mans expense. They liked the
salt pork and did not leave morscl of
it. This was probably thc first chance
they had ever had to vary the mon notony
of their meat diet. They nib5led the
bread little, promptly pronounced it a
failure, and told Dr. Kane aftcrward
that they would as soon swallow so much
sand.
A tribe living not far from Port Mo
resky, New Guinea, that think boiled
snakes are to be preferred to roast pig,
draw the line at sugar. When they saw
DR.. Chalmers, their first white visitor,
sweetening his tea one morning they
asked him for some of his salt. Dr.. Chal-
mcrs told them that it was NJ OF salt, but
they were incrcdulous, and so he gave
some sugar to one of the natives. "Ho
began eating it." says Dr.. Chalmers,
"and the look of disgust on his face was
worth seeing. lie rose up, went ou'
spat out what was in his mouth, and
threw the remainder away" Then he
told the crowl what horrible stuff il
was, and they were satisfied to take hi:
word for it without trying it themselves,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-28
Saved from q Tigers Jaw.

Only few months ago, in India, in
certain planting district there was
notorious man eater. Two gentlemen,
A and B, residing on an estate, had lost,
besides other employees, two chowke-
bars, or native watchmen, within few
days, and the unfortunate men had been
actually carried off out of the verauda of
the bungalow. A and B therefore de-
tcrmined to clothe themselves like
natives, and sit during the night, armed,
in the veranda, in the hopes they might
be able to get shot at the man cater,
who, they thought, might probably re-
turn to the spot which had already pro-
vidcd him with two victims.
They proceeded to carry out this in
tcntion, and sat up till about 2 or 8 A.
NJ but nothing appeared. A then said
he should not stay up any longer. as he
did not believe the animal would come;
but B announced his intention of wait
ing half an hour longer by himself.
There were large windows opening
down to the floor of the vcranda, and
through one of these A retired, and after
entering his room, had just closed the
window, and was gazing out for al in.
slant, when he saw a dark mass land in
the vcranda, right on to his friend, then
heard sounds of a sculllc, and cry for
help. Selling his riff, to which sword
bayonct was attached and hinging up
the window, he rushed out in time to
see B walking down the steps that led
up to the vcranda alongside of the tiger
with his hand i'll the attcr's mouth.
A was afraid to fire lest he should hit
his friend, so, running after him, he,
with admirable presence Of mind, went
up to the tiger, and plunging his bay
onet into the animals body, at the same
instant fired. There was n roar and a
scufllc, and B took advantage Of tho
moment to release his hand, and the
tiger, after tumbling, died. BIS hand
was terribly maulcd. - Curt journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-28
Tanning Skins.

And experienced trapper recommends
the following method for tanning all
kinds of skins with the fur on: Trim off
useless parts and scrape all fatty matter
from the inside. If the skin is dry first
soften it by soaking; next soak the skin
one hour in warm water; then make q thin
paste with water, and one ounce each
Of borax, saltpetre and glaubcr salts and
apply to the inside of the skin with a
brush, making the coating heavier on the
thicker parts of the skin; double the
skin, coated side inward, and put away
in cool place. At the end Of twenty
fonr hours apply with brush a, before
coating of mixture made by melting
together slowly and without boiling one
ounce sal soda, one-half ounce borax and
two ounces hard white soap; fold tine
skin together again as before and keep
in warm place for another twenty -four
hours; then dissolve four ounces alum,
eight ounces salt, and two ounces saler-
atus in hot water enough to saturate the
skim when the water is cool enough
not to scald the hands, soak the skin for
twelve hours, then wiring it out and
hang it up to dry; the soaking and dry
ing must be repeated two or three times
until the skin is sufficiently soft; lastly,
smooth the inside with fine sand-paper
and pumice stone. - New York World.